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Background music for dinner, meetings and conversation at the table.
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Music for hookah lounges:
ready-made playlists, no PRO fees
Licensed background music for hookah lounges and lounge bars: an even evening background with no sharp jumps. No PRO fees for our music, and you can launch within a business day.
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Music
for hookah lounges
Hear how an evening sounds in a lounge area. Real tracks from the Harmonia catalog.
LoungeREADY-MADE PLAYLIST
Music for lounge areas
A smooth, unobtrusive backdrop for relaxing and unhurried meetings.
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Weightless HourLounge
Music for lounge areas0:002:40
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Guests stay long, and that changes everything
The average visit to a hookah lounge is two to three hours, several times longer than in a cafe. In that time a guest hears the whole playlist and notices a repeat. A short forty-minute mix on a loop starts to annoy people by the end of the night, even the ones who picked it.
So what matters here isn't genre but the length of the queue and the absence of sharp jumps. A track that suddenly gets louder pulls guests out of the relaxed state they came for.
Warm-up, peak and closing
Early evening calls for calm lounge and deep house at low volume. Later at night the tempo can rise, but without club dynamics: a hookah lounge is not a dance floor, and an abrupt shift reads to guests as a change of venue.
The schedule runs the evening by itself, and staff aren't distracted by picking music between tables.
No PRO fees for our music
A typical background-music service gives you tracks by well-known artists. The rights to those tracks belong to labels and songwriters, so a lounge may also have to deal with a performing rights organization (PRO), such as ASCAP or BMI in the US, PRS for Music in the UK or SOCAN in Canada, on top of the subscription.
Harmonia works differently. Our catalog is original music produced for business use, and a public-performance license for your venue is included in the subscription. Our tracks are not registered with PROs such as ASCAP, BMI, PRS, SOCAN, APRA AMCOS or GEMA, so playing music from our catalog does not create PRO fees for that music.
Launch within one business day
Send an application and we approve it within a business day. After that, the music plays on the devices you already have in the lounge: a tablet, phone, laptop or a mini-PC with a speaker.
Staff don't have to pick anything each morning. Playlists and the schedule are set once, then the music starts by itself and doesn't repeat during a shift. For a chain, everything is managed centrally, by location and zone, from one account.
How much it costs
One plan, no bundles and no extra fees for genres or devices. The price depends only on the number of locations and zones.
$12per month for the first location, billed annually
Catalog, player, schedule, subscription agreement and license certificate. $144 a year, or $17/mo billed monthly
$7for each additional location
A chain is managed from one account. $84 a year, or $12/mo billed monthly
$4for a separate zone
Its own playlist and schedule for a separate room. $48 a year, or $5/mo billed monthly
Prices are per month when billed annually, which is the cheapest option. Monthly billing is available and costs more. After your application is approved, we send an invoice or a payment link. Full plan terms
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to pay PRO fees for music in a hookah lounge?
Not for our catalog. Every Harmonia track is original music produced for business use and is not registered with PROs such as ASCAP, BMI, SOCAN, PRS for Music, APRA AMCOS or GEMA. You pay only the subscription, and it includes a public-performance license for your venue.
How much does music for hookah lounges cost per month?
From $12/mo per location when billed annually ($144 a year). Monthly billing is $17/mo. Each additional location in the same company is cheaper: $7/mo billed annually or $12/mo billed monthly. A separate zone with its own playlist is $4/mo billed annually or $5/mo billed monthly. There are no hidden fees for genres or devices.
Can I play Spotify or Apple Music in a hookah lounge?
No. Personal accounts on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music are licensed for personal, non-commercial listening only, and their terms of service forbid playing them in a business. Music in a public space counts as public performance, which a personal subscription does not cover. You need either a public-performance license from the rights organizations in your country or a catalog that is licensed for business use, like ours.
What kind of music suits a hookah lounge?
Calm lounge, deep house and chillhop with even dynamics. The main requirement is a long queue without repeats and no sharp volume jumps: guests sit for two or three hours and hear everything.
What do I show during a music licensing inspection?
Two documents: your subscription agreement with Harmonia and the license certificate (PDF) issued for each location. The certificate confirms that the venue holds a public-performance license for our catalog. If a rights organization contacts you, write to legal@harmonia-b2b.com and we will help you with the paperwork.
What happens if I play unlicensed music in a hookah lounge?
Playing music publicly without the right license can lead to claims and fines from performing rights organizations (PROs). The rules and the amounts depend on the country. A subscription to a catalog that includes a public-performance license removes this risk for the music you play from it.
What equipment does the music play on?
Almost anything: a POS terminal, mini-PC, TV box, Smart TV, laptop, or an Android or iOS phone. You don't need to buy special hardware. Everything runs through the web player or the app.
What happens if the internet goes down?
The player caches your playlist and keeps playing offline. The music doesn't stop while the connection comes back.
Get music playing in your hookah lounge
Send an application and we approve it within one business day. From $12/mo per location, billed annually.
See also: Bar, Restaurant and Cafe. How our PRO-free licensing works is explained on a separate page.